Our people
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Unit works with staff and students to translate institutional goals into tangible outcomes that make a difference to people’s lives.
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Since 1965, it has been the value that sets us apart from others and today it is the value that underpins our success.
We are proud that one in two of our undergraduate students are the first in their family to undertake tertiary education. We are proud to help our female staff balance career and caring by being an accredited breastfeeding-friendly workplace. We are proud to have graduated one quarter of Australia’s Indigenous doctors. We are proud that each year, students from more than 100 countries study with our University.
And it is through our Looking Ahead Strategic Plan 2020-2025 that we continue to be a leading advocate and driving force for access to higher education, regardless of background or circumstance.
We are committed to widening participation, promoting diversity and fairness, overcoming injustice and increased success for all.
We are committed to widening participation, promoting diversity and fairness, overcoming injustice and increased success for all.
This commitment is fundamental to how we teach and research, how we work with industry partners and local communities, and how we engage with our staff and students.
Our focus areas include:
Global music company BMG has expanded on its successful partnership with the University of Newcastle’s School of Creative Industries in the Faculty of Education and Arts to launch its first round of Indigenous scholarships, creating more pathways to employment for the next generation of students.
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Civic Park and the University of Newcastle’s NUspace building will light up orange on 25 November as Novocastrians join the international community to confront violence against women in our communities.
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To help address some of the barriers facing Indigenous researchers, the University of Newcastle has launched a new scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD candidates.
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By Associate Professor Kathleen Butler, a proud Bundjalung and Worimi woman and Head of the Wollotuka Institute of Indigenous Research and Education at the University of Newcastle.
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The University of Newcastle believes in a “show don’t tell” principle in our commitments to community and equity. That’s why, as part of the University of Newcastle’s Pride Week 2020, a permanent rainbow-coloured pedestrian crossing will today be unveiled on the Callaghan campus in front of the Chan
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Without conscious action to address the gendered impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic threatens to derail the tertiary education sector’s decades-long effort to advance gender equity, a Joint Sector Position Statement warns.
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